Politics
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Why Secularism/Anti-Corruption Won’t Feed Me And My Family OR Why I’m Voting For Narendra Modi
There’s a bit of a back-story, so please bear with me. I think the journey (yes, I’d call it that) started on the New Year’s eve in 2008 (as in end of 2007, did I get the usage of New Year’s eve right?) with that long and highly charged up discussions with Pole & Seth. We were in high Continue reading
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Why I Want Rahul Gandhi To Become The Next PM And You Should Too
Because, . . . . . . . . . . . Come on, you thought I was serious? Isn’t today the only day when I can make such jokes! Continue reading
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The Nuclear French Kiss
A few days back, I was going through the pages of The Hindu and came across the an interview with Anne Lauvergeon (aka Atomic Annie) , CEO of Areva, the French nuclear giant. I was aware that the French President was visiting India soon and the primary purpose was to sell the French nuclear capability Continue reading
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It Is The Time
While a few very insignificant things have happened since this blog saw a post, like meeting Shri Thomas Friedman, frequent trips to the Western region of the country, getting the best deal on Douglas Coupland books, rediscovering music on a wonderful mobile phone, the earth still continues to revolve around the sun and it’s still Continue reading
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Dear Aniruddha Bahal, It’s Not Funny
Dear Aniruddha Bahal, Not a week passes in my life without I mentioning strongly recommending Bunker 13 to people I come across and who seem even remotely interested in reading among those. If I were deeply religious, one would have observed that I go back to Bunker 13 more often that I go to the Continue reading
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Who Cares What Obama Says…
…when he makes an entry for his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention with City of Blinding Lights. Turns out he’s been using this song to open his performances since 2007. Yo! Bama, shall we say then? Continue reading
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More CNN-IBNonsense
It’s not everyday On IBNlive, it’s everyday that one comes across news stories of varying ridiculous proportions, but one of today’s headlines is definitely out of the box, the sort that sees a hand with a boxing glove come out of the box(idiot, if TV or a flat box, if it’s a laptop screen) and Continue reading
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Koncerned About Karnataka
No, this is not about an Ekta Kapoor serial on Karnataka, but a really concerning phenomenon which could have a potentially adverse effect on the relatively clean politics environment in Karnataka. Outlook carries an article by Sugata Srinivasaraju on the rise of the Reddy brothers in such a very short time from being nowhere on Continue reading
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Polls In Karnataka – A Quick Note
As someone who follows Indian politics very closely, it is a tad disappointing that I haven’t been able to follow the build-up to the elections in Karnataka as closely as I’d have liked. But still an opinion or two, or perhaps a couple more. Contrary to what these people have to say, the Congress will Continue reading
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Learning For The Day – Rukmini Devi Arundale
Till today, in fact a few hours before this post, I was unaware of the existence of Rukmini Devi Arundale. Funny earlier and it’s a life fact now that, as one discovers and comes across more things unknown, it appears one knows a lot lesser than what was thought earlier. That’s the joy of discovery Continue reading
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